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6 vulnerabilities found for category_posts_widget by zephyrwest
CVE-2025-1453 (GCVE-0-2025-1453)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-24 06:00 – Updated: 2025-04-24 14:39
VLAI
Title
Category Posts Widget < 4.9.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bf93a34-a19f-42… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Category Posts Widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.20
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2024-9638 (GCVE-0-2024-9638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-07 06:00 – Updated: 2025-01-07 15:13
VLAI
Title
Category Posts Widget < 4.9.18 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/119d5249-48e4-42… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Category Posts Widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.18
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2024-6158 (GCVE-0-2024-6158)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-09 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-13 14:25
VLAI
Title
Category Posts Widget (Free < 4.9.17, Pro < 4.9.13) - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Category Posts Widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.17
(semver)
|
|
| Unknown | term-and-category-based-posts-widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.13
(semver)
|
|
| tiptoppress | category_posts |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.17
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:category_posts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| tiptoppress | term-and-category-based-posts |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.13
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:term-and-category-based-posts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
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CVE-2025-1453 (GCVE-0-2025-1453)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-04-24 06:00 – Updated: 2025-04-24 14:39
VLAI
Title
Category Posts Widget < 4.9.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bf93a34-a19f-42… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Category Posts Widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.20
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2024-9638 (GCVE-0-2024-9638)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-01-07 06:00 – Updated: 2025-01-07 15:13
VLAI
Title
Category Posts Widget < 4.9.18 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/119d5249-48e4-42… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Category Posts Widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.18
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2024-6158 (GCVE-0-2024-6158)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-08-09 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-13 14:25
VLAI
Title
Category Posts Widget (Free < 4.9.17, Pro < 4.9.13) - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.17, term-and-category-based-posts-widget WordPress plugin before 4.9.13 does not validate and escape some of its "Category Posts" widget settings before outputting them back in a page/post where the Widget is embed, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8adb219f-f0a6-4e… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Category Posts Widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.17
(semver)
|
|
| Unknown | term-and-category-based-posts-widget |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.13
(semver)
|
|
| tiptoppress | category_posts |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.17
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:category_posts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| tiptoppress | term-and-category-based-posts |
Affected:
0 , < 4.9.13
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tiptoppress:term-and-category-based-posts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
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"baseScore": 4.8,
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"scope": "CHANGED",
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